20210325 China News

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China is expanding cross-border e-commerce pilot zones as part of the efforts to provide new impetus to imports and consumption, experts said.All cities and regions that host free trade zones, comprehensive areas of cross-border e-commerce, comprehensive bonded-areas, and select bonded-logistics centers are now eligible to start pilot programs of cross-border retail imports, according to a notice published on Monday by a group of government departments including the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission.
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Offices, hotels and conferences have become important scenes for retailers in the dining and beverage markets, and they are accelerating efforts to cash in on emerging demand.Freshippo's Pick'n Go, which serves as e-commerce giant Alibaba's grocery chain Hema Fresh's diversified brand, offers on-the-go Chinese and Western fare and addresses the demand of busy urban residents in China for quick takeout options.
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China on Tuesday announced key measures to promote the use of manufacturing services for the transformation and upgrade of the manufacturing sector and to foster high-quality development over the next five years.
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China will extend the duration of several temporary tax relief measures to offset the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and further support small and micro enterprises, government officials said on Tuesday.
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East China's Jiangsu province saw robust foreign trade growth in the first two months of 2021, according to local customs.The province's total import and export value hit 728.23 billion yuan ($111.7 billion) in the January-February period, up 30.1 percent year-on-year, according to data from Nanjing Customs.
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China's exports jumped 60.6 percent for the January-February period from a year earlier and imports increased 22.2 percent, faster than expected, after factories reopened and global demand started to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Multiple overseas media outlets reported these figures, citing customs data released in March.
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China's tourism sector is expected to have a robust recovery, with airline ticket reservations surging for the upcoming holidays.By March 17, reservation for airline tickets jumped more than tenfold for the five-day Labor Day holiday break starting on May 1, compared with the same period last year, which was haunted by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to big data from the online travel agency ly.com, tech media 36Kr reported on Wednesday.

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